baking

Ah yes, lovelies, the festivities are upon us, and it's time to start the Christmas Baking! So what is Stir-up Sunday I hear you ask? Well, it's the last Sunday before Advent when all of us bakers get into the Christmas swing and start preparing to make our Christmas Cakes or Puddings. So...

Here is a step by step guide showing you how to make Madeleine's. Preheat the oven to one of the following: 190°C Fan Assisted 200-210°C Regular Oven Gas Mark 5 375F Ingredients: 140 grams Unsalted Butter 140 grams / 5 oz Caster Sugar 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Essence (or essence of your choice...

Here is a step by step guide showing you how to make Burger themed cupcakes. You will need the following items... A batch of freshly made cupcakes: Victoria Cupcakes Renshaws Chocolate Decor~Ice, Lincoln Green Decor~Ice and Yellow Decor~Ice. Coloured Writing Icing Icing sugar for dusting...

This was the chocolate cake I made on Sunday morning to take to my Mum and Dad's; my Dad loves cake, so he was rather pleased when he saw this. :D We enjoyed a slice for Bill too; it was very light, moist and chocolatey! :p Bill if you didn't live that far I would have happily made you one! :D

I have found an absolutely delicious chocolate cake recipe which I'm sure a lot of you here already know about as its the normal betty crocker chocolate cake. I made it once and Whole thing fell apart coming out of the tin. Must be very soft I thought, no matter just went and bought a tin that...

Sandwich tins are used commonly throughout baking, they are about an inch deep and 7 inches (20cm) in diameter. I generally use mine for making sponge cakes. This is what they look like. They can also be square too.

Help!!!! I just realized I didn't pre-bake my pie crust.... Will it still turn out ok? :eek:

Creative Cakes and Bakes Course Want to bake? Then come and join us on our 4-week baking course! Description: No experience is required, and we will be covering a range of different cakes, bakes and biscuit making throughout the course, allowing you to learn different baking techniques as we...

This fruit cake recipe will make 3 small thin 6 inch cakes, a large deep 8-9 inch cake, or two 2-litre domed cakes with leftovers for half a litre domed cake. The 6-inch cakes take between 1-2 hours to bake, the 8-inch takes around 3 hours to bake, and the 2-litre domed ones take over 2 hours...

No matter how good a baker we think we are, we can all agree that at some point in time, we have had one type of baking disaster or another. The good thing about these disasters or mishaps is that they help us evolve as bakers, and we grow from them. :D I have listed a few of the most common...

The difference between cupcakes and muffins is the fact that Muffins are larger in size and depth. Therefore, when baking please ensure you use the correct tin or tray. Below is a picture of both a cupcake and muffin tin. The silver one is the one used to bake small cupcakes (fairy cakes) and...

I have listed the converted baking temperatures for you:- Gas Mark 1 - 150°C Electric - 300F Gas Mark 2 - 160°C Electric - 320F Gas Mark 3 - 170°C Electric - 338F Gas Mark 4 - 180°C Electric - 356F Gas Mark 5 - 190°C Electric - 374F Gas Mark 6 - 200°C Electric - 392F Gas Mark 7 - 210°C...

Five nice looking baking themed icons: Kari

To prolong the life of your tin and prevent rusting do the following:- Once you have washed and rinsed your tin and lightly dried it with a piece of kitchen towel place your tin in the oven with the door closed. The remaining heat from your oven after baking will dry out your tins fully and...

If you are baking a cake for a long time such as fruit cake and wish to add extra moisture then simply add a tray of water to the bottom of your oven and your cake will absorb extra steam whilst baking. Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Hints, Tips and Tools Recipes and Guides Tutorials